Leo Lerch

Leo, Léon, or Lev Lerch (13 August 1856 – 6 May 1892) was a painter from Austria-Hungary.

Life
Leo Lerch was born in Smíchov, near Prague, on 13 August 1856. He studied at the Munich Academy and was a pupil of Ludwig von Löfftz. He became known as a history painter. He won a bronze medal in Paris at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. He died in Smíchov on 6 May 1892.

Holdings

 * Munich (Neue Pinakothek): Pietà
 * Prague (Galerie Rudolfinum): Bust of an Old Man
 * Prague (National Gallery Prague): "Will o the Wisp"